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Elementary students were led to respond orally and in writing to stories in terms of the perspectives of the major characters. Their pre and post story responses were compared to the story responses of children in the control condition. These responses were rated using a method developed by Beach and Wendler (1987). Results indicate a grade effect, with fifth and sixth graders performing better than fourth graders (p > .001) overall. Also, sixth graders who were involved in directed discussions of character perspectives received higher ratings for their responses to stories than the sixth graders who participated in the control condition (p > .03).
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